STRATEGIES FOR STAFFING FIRMS: HOW TO ATTRACT EXECUTIVE LEVEL TALENT

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STRATEGIES FOR STAFFING FIRMS HOW TO ATTRACT
EXECUTIVE LEVEL TALENT
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Executive-level recruitment (styrelsen for
fastholdelse og rekruttering) is one of the most
important pillars of a successful organization as
good leaders drive the entire organization
towards the right direction. However, hiring one
wrong executive can prove to be devastating and
can put the organizations performance and
reputation at stake. This means an executive hire
requires more expertise and skills.
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So, the question here is that what strategies can
help you bring in the right leader for your
executive-level post?
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The 'turning point' is all about networking!
Presently, it is inevitable to avoid the power of
social media in its role to aid recruiters in the
hiring process. The most popular mediums to form
a strong talent hub is through LinkedIn, Facebook
and Twitter. These platforms make a great source
to build social media profile for an organization
and use it further to recruit the best talent.
(international rekruttering og integration)Execut
ive-level hiring can be made cost-effective
through networking. Making connections does not
cost you anything. This probably should be the
first approach to make a hire be it at any given
level. This may help recruit an executive that
might not be available through other means of
recruitment.

• Networking is the key!

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Increase the recruitment CircleYou need to
spread the word. Involve your best-performing
colleagues in it, both in searching and then in
interviewing. With the talent hunt, multiple
people can help in picking up the best talent
from their networks, as it will offer a wider
pool to pick from rather than a limited network
of a sole recruiter. (job rekruttering)
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Take some help from the Selection PanelOnce
you know the perfect hire for your job, make a
selection committee at the executive level and
take opinion from the entire selection panel in
order to add value to your choice. Inform the
short-listed candidates in a way that inspires
them to join you because they are the ones at
upper hand in this case. You may ask them to
prepare a presentation of their best work or
provide them with a challenging task to test
their ability while simultaneously engaging their
interest.However, in this case, choose the
interview panel very carefully. Pick only those
who are well-equipped with the skills in their
respective field since the candidate him/herself
is a professional.
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Be Ready to Negotiate An executive level hire
depends a lot upon the candidate and focuses if
the job description and the culture suit their
own requirements or not. Therefore, the offer
must have something to attract the potential
candidate to head over to a successful
appointment. Be prepared to negotiate on the job
terms and the salary. Bring everything in
discussion with your selected candidate before
you finally sign up with them. Once, everything
falls into place with the terms clear at both
ends, go for a written agreement! Give feedback
to all! An important aspect of recruiting for any
organization is where most of them lack. They
never provide feedback to the rejected candidate
which forms a basis for bad reputation of the
company and also future hire may turn up amongst
them if they are kept in tracked communication.
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An Alternative Alternatively, if the situation
turns upside down and by all means of networking
via social media you are unable to find the
executive hire for your company, the other option
would be of taking referrals or to choose among
the available candidate pool. This option should
always be kept open as most of the senior level
candidates do not scroll through the web looking
for jobs, while some of them may not even have a
social media appearance. They should be sought
after. In the event that this option fails too
then, it depends solely upon the reach of the
recruiters at the executive level. Successful
recruiters often know the professionals in the
area and earn their trust to provide them with a
better job and perks than what they already have
and just like that it yet again falls back to
networking!

• So in order to staff the firm at executive level,
  network as much as you can to create a circle of
  seasoned professionals!